Reverse Engineering IDL

The reverse IDL feature allows you to select several files or directories to reverse engineer. The process reverses classes and interfaces with their attributes and operations, and creates symbols of classes and interfaces in a class diagram.

For more information on how IDL objects are mapped to PowerDesigner objects, see Designing for IDL.

• IDL Reverse Engineering Limitations
  There are some limitations on the use of the reverse IDL feature in this version. Some of the missing functions are intentionally documented to give you a correct insight of the situation.
• Selecting IDL Reverse Engineering Options
  You define the following IDL reverse engineering options from the Reverse IDL dialog box:
• Reverse Engineering IDL Files
  Vous pouvez procéder au reverse engineering de fichiers IDL.